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Clinocephalia vq, bed ; 



head]. Abnormal B I the top of the head. 

 Clinocephalous 



1]. Having i f the head abnormally 



Bat 



Clinodactylous • •" ,,|l ' x " r 



lie . r]. Pertaining to an abnormal 



■ urc. de i curvatm toes. 



Clin- -] Re - 



iundry bony structures of 

 the dls, et< . 



Clinostat • to incline ; 



itus for regulating the exposure of 



Clip 



Clire. rClyers E. dial.]. Tul 



Cliseometer inclination ; 



• isure]. An instrument for measuring the 

 the peh ic axis. 



Clistocarpous . that can l>e 



. fruit]. In biology, having a closed 



Clithrophobia ah). Same as Cleithro- 



Clitoralgia , the clitoris; 



. ain]. Pain referred to the clitoris. 

 Clitoridectomv i-ekf-to-me) [• , clitoris ; 



ision of the clitoris. 



Clitoris . clitoris]. The homologue 



in • Je of the penis, attached by two crura or 



the ischio-pubic rami, which meet in front 



the pubic joint to form the body, or corpus. The 



■1 " i- such only in appearance and 



name. C. Crises, paroxysms of sexual excitement in 



a tabes. 



Clitorism w) [«XttTopic, the clitoris] . I. En- 



larg r hypertrophy of the clitoris. 2. Tribadism. 



Clitoritis i'-tis) [ . clitoris; trig, inflam- 



:;ion] Inflammation of the clitoris. 

 Clitorotomy \klit-or-ot f -o-me). Incision of the clitoris. 

 Clitorrhagia (klit ah) [h/wrop/c, clitoris; 



. t'> burst]. Hemorrhage from the clitoris. 

 Clivus 1 . |. Aslope. C. Ossis,or 



C. of Blumenbach, the slanting surface of the body 

 noid between the dorsum sella; and the 

 basi-occipital. 

 Cloaca .' a'-kah) [cloaca, a sewer] . I. In early fetal 

 life, the common orifice of the intestine and the allan- 

 z. In surgery, the long canal of escape of pus 

 from a im. 3. In biology, the cham- 



r into which open the large intestine and urogenital 

 ducts of bird-, amphibians and monotremata. 

 Cloacal klo-a'-kal) [clou, a, a sewer]. Pertaining to or 



ica. 

 Clonic (klon'-ik) [K/6vdh, commotion]. Applied to 

 and spasmodic conditions of muscles in 

 whii h i relaxations occur in- 



voluntarily. 

 Clonici i) [I..]. Diseases marked by clonic 



•in. 

 Clonism, Clonismus (klo f -nizm, klo-niz' -mus) [kMvoc, 



>m; clonospasm. 

 Clonospasm iazm) [n/6ior, commotion; 



Clonus in]. Involuntary, 



of muscles when put siid- 



ing lo the part stimu- 



lati ankle, foot, 



It is 

 a valua ign in certain lesions of the 



spinal cord. Cathodal closure clonus, and Catho- 



dal opening clonus, etc. See Contraction. See 

 Ankl < '. , /' rist ('. , etc. 



Clopemania [klo-pe-ma / -ne-ah) [*/»:/,, robbery, uavia, 

 mania]. See Kleptomania. 



Cloquet, Angle of. See Angle. C, Canal of. See 

 Canals, and Hyaloid Artery . C, Fascia of, the s< p 

 turn crurale, </. v. C, Ganglion of. See Ganglia, 

 Table of . C.Herniaof. See Hernia, and Disea 

 Table of. C, Needle Test of. See Death, Signs of. 

 C.| Operation of. See Opt rati ns, Table of. C., 

 Pseudoganglion of. See Pseudoganglion. 



Closing Tetanus (khZ-zing tetf-an-us). See o'<i/:;i>io- 

 to>: I 



Clostridial [klos-trid' -e-al) [kXoot^p, a spindle]. Re- 

 ferring to spindle-shaped bacilli and especially to the 

 agent of the butyric acid fermentation. 



Clostridium [klos-trid f -e-um) [kAuot^p, a spindle: //., 

 Clostridial. A genus of bacteria, differing from bacilli 

 in the fact that their spores are formed in character 

 istically enlarged rods. See Bacillus butyricus, under 

 Ba, teria. 



Closure (klo / -ziir) [clausura, a closing]. The act of 

 completing or closing an electric circuit. According 

 as a closure is anodal or cathodal, it-, effects may so 

 differ as to give it a marked significance in diag- 

 nosis 



Clot (klot) [ME., clot, a round mass]. A coagulum, 

 especially that of blood ; a crassamentum. See Throm- 

 bus, Embolism. White clots are formed of the pure 

 fibrin of white corpuscles and of blood-plaque-.. Il the 

 white clot has become slightly stained with red blood- 

 cells, it becomes yellowish [chicken-fat clot ) ; if it be 

 red and soft, it is a currant-jelly clot. Stratified clots 

 contain layers of more than one variety. C Distal, 

 a clot formed in a vessel beyond the seat of ligature. 

 C. -districts, the small divisions into which a clot is 

 broken by the dissemination through it of the fibro- 

 blastic plasma-corpuscles. C, Proximal, the clot 

 formed in a vessel above the seat of ligature. 



Clotbur (klot?- or klot'-bur). The leave- of Xanthium 

 strumarium, much used as a domestic remedy for bites 

 of poisonous insects and venomous serpents. Also an 

 active styptic. Dose of the fluid extract J5J-ij. Unof. 

 See also Spiny Clotbur. 



Clottage of the Ureters. An operation proposed in 

 case of hematuria from a kidney hopelessly crushed 

 or with advanced carcinoma. The procedure consi-t- 

 in blocking or corking up the ureter with a clot. 



Cloudberry (k/oiei/'-lirr-e). The leaves of h'uluis cha- 

 mamorus, used in Russia as a diuretic. Dose , z l \ to 

 a cupful of boiling water. Unof. 



Cloudy Swelling. Parenchymatous degeneration ; a 

 swelling up of the elements of a tissue by imbibition 

 or accretion, a form of hypertrophy with a tendency to 

 degeneration. 



Clove (/:/«:■). See Caryophyllus. C. -hitch Knot, a 

 form of double-knot in which two successive loops are 

 made close to one another on the same piece of cord 

 or bandage, a half-twist being given to the junction of 

 each loop at the time of making it. See hunt. 



Clover's Gas and Ether Inhaler. See Anesthetic. 



Clownism (klown'-izm) [ME., cloune\ Charcot's 

 term lor that stage of liv-tero epilepsy in which there 

 is an emotional display and a remarkable series of con 

 tortions or cataleptic poses. 



Club (klub) [ME , club, a club]. In biology, a broad 

 ending of an antenna. C.-foot. See Talipes. C- 

 hand, a deformity of the hand similar to that of club 

 foot. 



Clubbed Fingers (klubdfingt-gerz). Knobbed defor- 

 mity of the finger end-, with curvature of the nails, 

 me cases of pulm mary and cardiac disease. 



